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Bestselling author of historical fiction and the Five Queendoms epic fantasy series (SCORPICA, ARCA, SESTIA).
Too much going on! It feels excessive to post more than once a day, but I don’t know how long this deal will last, so I’m posting now — Indigo has a 30% pre-order sale going on select “Most Anticipated” titles, and guess who’s included? That’s right! So if you’re in Canada and you want your copy of Scorpica, hurry up and pre-order here.
You may have entered a Goodreads giveaway for SCORPICA before, and I’ve even seen reviews on Goodreads from winners, which is great! And a new giveaway just launched that’s different from the previous ones — this time you can win finished hardcover copies! I just got my own box and they’re beautiful. Here’s a snapshot, in fact.
Click here to enter on Goodreads!
(And this one’s US-only, but there’s an Instagram tour going on this week for the UK edition, and there are UK-only giveaways associated with that! So you can search the #Scorpica hashtag on Instagram to turn those up.)
Obviously I’m not the only one who fell head-over-heels for Showtime’s “Yellowjackets,” a moody, creepy-tense dual-timeline thriller about a girls’ soccer team marooned in the wilderness and driven to extremes to survive. Now that the first season is over, what can fans do to fill the vacuum? Well, Paste Magazine has some great suggestions of books to read while you wait, and you can imagine my delight to see THE ARCTIC FURY on the list! And Lacy Baugher Milas’s summary is on point:
A dual timeline thriller about 13 women who are tragically stranded in a remote wilderness and the fallout that ensues when not all of them return? Is this Yellowjackets: The Novel? No, it’s Greer Macallister’s The Arctic Fury, a thrilling piece of historical fiction that follows a group of extraordinary women sent in search of the lost Franklin Expedition.
Check out the whole list, including Alma Katsu’s Donner Party-inspired The Hunger and Grady Hendrix’s horror remix The Final Girl Support Group, here at this link.
Have I mentioned the hits just keep coming? They just. Keep. Coming. Each day brings some fresh delight. It’s been a really great way to start the month, to say the least.
Today’s spark of joy: Scorpica is on Bustle’s list of Most Anticipated Books of February 2022!
This good news brought February in with a bang! The Washington Post named Scorpica one of its “10 Noteworthy Books For February” — the Post is my local paper, and there’s always something extra-special about seeing my name and book title in their distinctive font.
And I love how they introduce the book: “If Brienne of Tarth or Éowyn, Shieldmaiden of Rohan, are your girls, Macallister has something for you.“
Subscribers can read the whole list here!
Yikes! All of a sudden, it’s February 2022, and I can say that my new book is coming out THIS MONTH!
And others are saying it, too, like this Tor.com list of February fantasy releases. And look how gorgeously the amber cover of SCORPICA pops out in the intro graphic! Love it, love it.
Yay, another great review to share! You can read the Booklist review in full on their site if you’re a subscriber — here’s the link.
But in case you can’t get behind the paywall, my publisher has pulled out the most exciting bit and made it oh so pretty! I love it when they do that.
Hello! I know I’ve been nattering pretty nonstop about my new book coming out in a few weeks (SCORPICA SCORPICA SCORPICA) but it’s only been a year since THE ARCTIC FURY first came out, and especially now that it’s winter again, I’ve been doing more book clubs and interviews about it! The latest is a fabulous podcast called The Bent Biblios, and I have to say, Ashley and Tegan asked me so many insightful, in-depth questions that I was blown away.
Hope you have as much fun listening to the podcast as we did recording it!
The podcast is likely available wherever you like to get your podcasts, but here are direct links to a couple of the most likely locations. Enjoy!
Apple: Bent Biblios Podcast: Greer Macallister Talks The Arctic Fury on Apple Podcasts
Spotify: Greer Macallister Talks The Arctic Fury - Bent Biblios Podcast | Podcast on Spotify
A kind reader just brought this deal to my attention: SCORPICA (and other forthcoming books) can be pre-ordered right now from Barnes & Noble for 25% off! That’s a nice discount!
Here’s the SCORPICA page. Don’t forget to use the code PREORDER25 for the discount.
The offer ends Friday, January 28, so get clicking!
Somehow I seem to have forgotten to mention that SCORPICA got a starred review from Kirkus. Possibly the shock of the good news knocked everything else out of my head for a bit. You can read the whole review here, and as usual, my publisher’s fabulous team has pulled out the most exciting and relevant bit to present in graphic form. Not everyone is reading my blog daily and knows all about this book, after all — we’ve got to get the word out to other readers who would love to read feminist fantasy set in a matriarchal world and just haven’t heard about SCORPICA yet!
